ORU_Ax217.xml Guide to the Frank M. Toothaker Papers 1918-1950 Toothaker (Frank M.) Papers Finding aid prepared by Manuscripts Processor Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives 2007
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Frank M. Toothaker papers Toothaker, Frank M. Ax 217 2 linear feet 2 containers 1918-1950 Collection comprises papers of Frank M. Toothaker, Methodist missionary to China, and includes 9 volumes of diaries, 1918-1926, 268 letters received, and 104 letters sent, 1918-1950. Major correspondents include: Frank A. Argelander, Frederick Bankhardt, Harry R. Caldwell, Mrs. Martha H. Chen, William I. Lacy, Frederick T. Keeney, James E. Skinner, and Russell Steininger. There is also a series from the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Miscellaneous manuscripts include a lecture on Foochow, with a set of slides. Publications with the papers include minutes of the Church's Yenping Conference, 1918, 1920-1922, 1924-1932, 1934-1936, and reports of the Church's Yenpring Woman's Conference, 1927-1928, 1931, 1934-1935. English .

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 Toothaker, Frank M. Toothaker, Frank M. Toothaker, Frank M. Methodist Episcopal Church--Missions--China Methodist Episcopal Church Missions, American--China Missionaries--China Missionaries Religion International relations

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Frank M. Toothaker (1891-1984) was born in Tennessee and educated at the University of Southern California and Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, N.J. He went to China in 1918, a Methodist missionary, serving in Nanking, Kuling, Yenping, Shanghai, and Kuliang. In 1923-1924 he managed the Yen Ping Electric and Light and Water Works. After the second revolution in China, he returned to the United States and served various pastorates in Arizona and California.

The papers include nine volumes of diaries (1918-1926), 268 letters received, and 104 letters sent (1918-1950). Major correspondents include: Frank A. Argelander, Frederick Bankhardt, Harry R. Caldwell, Mrs. Martha H. Chen, William I. Lacy, Frederick T. Keeney, James E. Skinner, Russell Steininger. There is also a series from the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Miscellaneous manuscripts include a lecture on Foochow, with a set of slides. Publications with the papers include Minutes of the Yenping Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1918, 1920-1922, 1924-1932, 1934-1936; Reports of the Yenping Woman's Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1934, 1935.

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